A motion to consider extending health care coverage to unmarried partners of Hillsborough County employees was defeated by a 5-2 vote of county commissioners. ...more

January 22, 2009

A crowd is expected this morning when the Hillsborough County Commission discusses health care benefits for domestic partners of county employees. ...more

January 22, 2009

A crowd is expected Thursday when the Hillsborough County Commission discusses providing health care benefits to domestic partners of county employees. Members of gay and lesbian organizations say they will pack the commission chambers to speak in favor of providing the benefits. Conservative groups also are expected to show up in force. ...more

January 21, 2009

It was a well-known complaint within Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing program. ...more

January 20, 2009

Kevin Beckner, Hillsborough County's first openly gay commissioner, is about to reopen the potentially explosive issue of giving health care benefits to the unmarried domestic partners of county employees. ...more

January 17, 2009

Kevin Beckner, Hillsborough County's first openly gay commissioner, is about to reopen the potentially explosive issue of giving health care benefits to the domestic partners of county employees. ...more

January 16, 2009

The widow of Tampa civil rights icon Bob Gilder says she can't get a straight answer as to why her husband's name has not been restored to the Hillsborough County elections office on Falkenburg Road. ...more

January 15, 2009

Hillsborough County's affordable housing program exists to help low-income homebuyers. ...more

January 2, 2009

About $1.4 million appropriated last year for new voting machines was instead spent on personnel costs in Hillsborough County's elections supervisor Buddy Johnson's office, according to the county's budget director. ...more

December 24, 2008

Reeling from criticism of his postelection, $2.3 million budget request, Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson rejected claims that his office kept county officials in the dark about his budget. ...more

December 23, 2008